[Peace-discuss] Sit-in at DePaul
David Green
davegreen84 at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 12 10:16:53 CDT 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Advisory
Media Contact: Victor Lang
(312) 576-1888
For Press Event: 11, 12 June 2007
Place: 22nd Floor, 55 East Jackson, Executive Offices of DePaul
University
DePaul Students Sit-In for Academic Freedom
Upset over DePaul University's denial of tenure to Professors
Norman Finkelstein, and Mehrene Larudee, and after a meeting between 30
student leaders and DePaul President Fr. Dennis Holtschneider at his
office, students have taken action to defend academic freedom which is
under attack at the nation's largest Catholic institution. After an
unsuccessful meeting where their demands were ignored by the
administration, DePaul students are continuing their sit-in overnight
and through this week at the President's office and plan to escalate
action among the student body.
Student leaders called for Fr. Holtschneider to grant the
professors tenure. They presented him with a petition of over 700
signatures calling for a reversal of the decision, and engaged in a
heated discussion on the legitimacy of the university's decision. The
decision made at the secretive University-level overturned the tenure
decisions made at the Departmental and College-levels, which approved
Finkelstein' s position by votes of 9-3 and 5-0, respectively. Students
were surprised by Larudee's rejection as she was unanimously approved
by both the Departmental and University level tenure committees. The
student leaders cite Finkelstein and Larudee's positive peer reviewed
scholarship and flaws in the tenure process as reasons why they should
receive tenure. Denial of tenure to the professors means their
employment at DePaul will be terminated.
Finkelstein, son of holocaust survivors and outspoken critic of
oppressive Israeli policy in Palestine, has come under attack from
detractors like Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, who seeks to
silence critics of Israel and has successfully interfered in internal
DePaul tenure processes. Despite being in the midst of their hectic
finals-week and upcoming graduation, student leaders are currently
sacrificing their time by occupying the Executive Offices of DePaul
University indefinitely until their demands for the tenure of
Professors Finkelstein and Larudee are met.
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More information can be found at http://www.finkelga te.com
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